Aborigines

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See also: aborigines and aborígines

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aborīginēs, possibly from ab orīgine (“from the beginning”).

Proper noun

the Aborigines pl (plural only)

  1. Original inhabitants, natives.
  2. (Roman mythology) The earliest inhabitants of central Italy, from whom the Latins were said to have descended.
  3. The native peoples of various regions, especially the Australian Aboriginal peoples, but also the original inhabitants of Canada and Argentina. Often considered offensive.

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Noun

Aborigines

  1. plural of Aborigine

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